Horse Racing News on April 18, 2011

Uncle Mo was met by maybe a dozen cameramen and media members when arriving Monday at his Churchill Downs barn at precisely noon Eastern, about two hours behind schedule, in advance of the 137th Kentucky Derby.

Turbulent Descent drew off in the final furlong to run her career record to 5 for 6 with an easy score as an odds-on favorite Sunday in the Grade 2, $150,000 Beaumont Stakes at Keeneland.

The development of Juniper Pass this spring left Ray Bell an anxious trainer before Sunday's $150,000 San Juan Capistrano Handicap at Santa Anita.